Horrible, horrible, horrible. Great reply, I will read the book. Stede
--- Phlip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Stede Troisi wrote: > > > Check this article out from Computerworld Online: > > > > > http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/management/story/0,10801,97224,00.html?SKC=home97224 > > > > Is it really getting this bad? How can XP grow in > > this > > climate? > > > > and again, why do we allow this? > > Because of metric abuse. > > Tom DeMarco's awesome book /Slack/ has lead me to an > annoying conclusion. His book describes companies > reducing their middle management and forcing the > survivors to take on extra workloads. Standard > Dilbertesque fare. > > In the technical knowledge-working fields, bosses > can > systematically and evenly squeeze all the Slack out > of > their companies by using metrics to check that each > worker is evenly over-worked. > > You get what you measure, and folks don't measure > Slack. > > The result is the amazingly common and rampant > misery > in our industry. And if you think working in an > over-developed nation for an over-compensated boss > is > fun, try working in a 3rd-world outsourcing shop > where > the streets are full of people who could replace you > if you complain about the long work hours. > > ===== > Phlip > > http://industrialxp.org/community/bin/view/Main/TestFirstUserInterfaces > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > www.yahoo.com > > > > > To Post a message, send it to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com To Post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
